| Company/Organization | Layoff Year | Number Downsized |
| Oil/Gas Industry (global) | 2015-2016 | 350,000 |
| IBM | July 1993 | 60,000 |
| Citigroup | Nov. 2008 | 50,000 |
| Sears Roebuck & Co. | Jan. 1993 | 50,000 |
| General Motors | Feb. 2009 | 47,000 |
| AT & T | Jan. 1996 | 40,000 |
| Ford Motor Co. | Jan. 2002 | 35,000 |
| Kmart Corp. | Jan. 2003 | 35,000 |
| Circuit City Stores | Jan. 2009 | 34,000 |
| Boeing Co. | Sept. 2001 | 31,000 |
| Bank of America | Sept. 2011 | 30,000 |
| Hewlett-Packard | Sept. 2015 | 28,000 |
| General Motors | Dec. 2018 | 15,000 |